BORG
is a reference to the Russian science fiction story
that inspired Yuri Denisyuk to research wavefront reconstruction
and become one of the inventors of holography. In "Star
Ships" writer Yuri Efremov wrote about archeologists
discovering a strange new being: “From
a deep, absolutely transparent layer, a strange face was
looking at them. The face was enlarged by some unknown
optical method to its natural size and was three dimensional
in its shape.” Clearly, the idea of
the duplicated self has transfixed humanity for centuries.
A hologram contains a specific
viewing area, a window-like perimeter which hovers in
the air. You must be within this invisible space
to catch its light in your eyes (sketch, left). This
trait can be minimised or maximised depending
on technique. In BORG, I place emphasis on the invisible
window, which is evident as the face falls in and out
of its blackened boundary. |
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